All Stories from December 26, 2013 (Change date)
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Consumer advocates: Don’t dawdle returning giftsDec 26, 2013 5:26 am - Heading to the store to return a Christmas gift? Better not wait. That’s according to the Better Business Bureau of Chicago and Northern Illinois. The consumer advocacy ...
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Quad Cities officials eye Boeing factory bidDec 26, 2013 5:24 am - MOLINE — Northwestern Illinois officials want to team up with their Iowa counterparts to woo a Boeing plant that could bring more than 8,500 jobs to the Quad Cities. The...
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2013 food news: Bidding adieu to Charlie Trotter and trans fatsDec 26, 2013 5:01 am - It wasn’t Paula Deen’s career implosion. Nor the rise and fall of the Cronut. It wasn’t even the Sriracha apocalypse. This year’s most significant food moment was more s...
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Night life events: Get in the game at Old Towne PubDec 26, 2013 5:00 am - Old Towne Pub’s game day See all your favorite teams this weekend at Old Towne Pub in Geneva. Watch the Chicago Blackhawks take on the St. Louis Blues Saturday. Drink sp...
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America in 2013: Impressions from around the worldDec 26, 2013 5:00 am - How have events of the past year — namely the U.S. government shutdown, the NSA spying eruption and the conflict in Syria — helped shape the world’s view of America? Ass...
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Shaken not stirred: Did 007 have alcoholic tremor?Dec 26, 2013 5:00 am - LONDON — He may have a license to kill, but is he sober enough to shoot? British doctors who carefully read Ian Fleming's series of James Bond novels say the celebrated ...
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A bumpy 2013 erodes America’s ‘superpower’ statusDec 26, 2013 5:00 am - To many around the world, it made little sense: The world’s most powerful government, so mired in dysfunction that it couldn’t operate. The world’s defender of individua...
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'Exorcist': The scary movie that opened the eyes of a future film criticDec 26, 2013 5:00 am - William Friedkin's "The Exorcist," the scariest movie ever made, celebrates its 40th anniversary this week. It originally invaded theaters Dec. 26, 1973, as sort of a b...
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AP music writers’ top 5 songs of the yearDec 26, 2013 4:56 am - Associated Press music writers Chris Talbott and Mesfin Fekadu pick their top five songs of the year. Chris Talbott’s picks (twitter.com/Chris — Talbott): 1. Drake,...
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Chicago area loses its own icons in 2013Dec 26, 2013 4:46 am - Writers, actors, ball players, radio icons and more - in 2013 the region lost some famous people who were part of the Chicago area family. Here is a final look. Kare...